Kavoulaki, who specializes in Greek literature, was in Beijing for the first World Conference of Classics from Wednesday to ...

Americans went to war to win their independence from Great Britain. Just weeks after the outbreak of fighting at Lexington ...

But it also wanted, in the words of President Woodrow Wilson, to “make the world safe for democracy.” The United States ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

A new online tool from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock makes it easy to view how the capital city has evolved over ...

The largest and longest-lasting society formed by people who escaped slavery and their descendants endured for a century in ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

The Curta calculator, invented by Curt Herzstark during his imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. (Photo courtesy of ...

Pedestrians in Montreal, Grand Rapids and other locations can time-travel thanks to installations that map historical scenes ...

If you’re a fan of mythological history and the magic of discovery, and prefer hands-on combat with less of a focus on stealth, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the open-world title for you.

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...

The world is heavily inspired by the environments of countries like Norway and Iceland, taking their history, culture, flora, and folklore, and muddling them together with The Elder Scrolls ...